Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Cohousing vs "traditional" self-managed community

[Lisa Kuntz (lisa.kuntz]

TY Alan.

I like the bio idea.

Our community does not want bios or any personal information on our website.

Lisa Kuntz
Daybreak Cohousing
Portland Oregon

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On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM Alan O'Hashi via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> Cohousers: My random thoughts. The only group that can self-select
> consists of the original founding members. One marketing strategy you could
> use on your webpage is to have photos of same gender couples with
> testimonials from members referencing their wife or husband. Same gender
> couples dancing together. Maybe you have a photo of your community meeting
> with a Pride flag.
>
> Before my place became HUD-certified senior housing, prospective members
> had to come to a community dinner and attend a meeting. While we couldn't
> say, it was clear who lived here, with reading glasses lying around all
> over the place. Dinner conversations weren't about doctors and pediatrics.
> We talked about doctors and geriatrics.
>
> Many communities have a list of members on their websites, ours does.
> Members post short bios. Ours are descriptive, such as "Avery and their
> wife Harper" or "Parker is an active organizer of the community Pride
> celebration ..."
>
> I think it is in bounds to list general community characteristics:
> Who we are ...
> - 80 percent are retired- 20 percent still work- 100 percent find time to
> volunteer in the community
>
> - 30 percent self-identify as a man- 50 percent self-identify as a woman-
> 20 percent self-identify as non-binary
>
> - 50 percent enjoy reading- 20 percent like to take long walks- 20 percent
> play board games on Wednesday night- 10 percent are pickleball hackers-100
> percent enjoy hanging with their neighbors
>
> Thx
> Alan O
>
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